Fukuyama Masaharu の Heart

Yomiuri Shimbun 読売新聞 (newspaper)
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I love live concerts
I love to see your faces (from where I stand)
Those dazzling smiles looking at the stage
Seem to me like flowers, seem to me like stars
Often filling me with envy, sometimes even with awe
Its radiance is truly irreplaceable
Perhaps I can stand on centre stage only [...]

The 20th Year Sign Post

■ In May and June this year, Fukuyama Masaharu stood on the Nippon Budokan stage. This was his first time in 20 years. The name of the concert, in true fashion with his usual humour, was
“Fukuyama☆The Sudden Daikanshasai
~ Eh! Never Been There Before? For the First Time?
Love☆The Fukuyama Exhibition [...]

The following is an extract from Masha’s MC in his comeback concert in June 1998 (age 29). This was his first live after almost 3 years of rest. It was a private concert, specially arranged for the press, media and related personnel in the entertainment industry. Although not opened to public, the entire concert was [...]

Further to our reports on the first day, we’ve heard that they’ve added a few more touches to the second day to make it even more special. Here is a summary of the extras on 2009.08.30:
Fan Report
1. On both days, Souguchi Akihisa-san was MC at the Big N stadium. The camera today followed Masha and [...]

The following are translations of fan and press reports on yesterday’s concert:

Part 1: Fan Reports
“The Inasayama Live today, in terms of entertainment and excitement, exceeds all other Masha Live shows from before. It was breathtaking, I really wonder how much resources (financial/human/props/time) were spent here. Strictly speaking, it was much more than a concert….I will [...]

■  So you finished that highly anticipated, talked about and 8-year-long-awaited album?
F:  First, let me say something in my own defence please. (laugh) This album could in fact, have been released a couple of years ago, but thankfully, I got commissioned with several unexpected jobs during this time…..(laugh) Unplanned singles releases, inclusion of other songs, [...]